Improvement in the manufacture of boots and shoes



-S. S. HALL.

Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.

Patented March 24, 1874.

SAMUEL S. HALL,-OF WATERLOO, CANADA.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 148,948, dated March24, 1874; application filed February 16, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

ford, Province of Quebec and Dominion of.

Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in theManufacture of Boots and Shoes, of which the following is aspecification:

This invention consists of a newinanufacture of boots and shoes, bycombining with the outsole and the upper, composed of leather or othersuitable material, an insole of wood, united with the outsole and upperduring the process of manufacture of the boot or shoe. This woodeninsole takes the place of the ordinary leather insole, and is used inthe same way, either in a sewed or pegged shoe, or shoe in which screwsare used for the sole.

The accompanying drawing represents, in perspective, a shoe made inaccordance with my invention, the upper and the wooden insole beingpartly broken away in order to represent the relation that the insolebears to the upper and outsole, and also to show the several superposedlayers or veneers of which the insole is preferably composed.

A is the upper. B is the outsole. G is the wooden insole.

The shoe represented in the drawing is a sewed shoe, and the upper,outsole, and wood insole are put together in the ordinary way, with theedges of the upper inserted between the outsole and insole, the wholebeing united by sewing, as indicated by the line of stitches (1-.

The insole may be made of a single piece of wood; but I prefer to makeit of two or more superposed veneers or layers, with the grain of theone veneer running in a direction different from that of the other. Thisarrangement insures flexibility and durability as well.

The insole represented .in the drawing is composed of three layers orveneers, b c d, the grain of each running in a direction difierent fromthose of the others, as indicated by the waving lines on their surfaces.These layers are, if desired, held together by some adhesive substance,or may be united in any suitable way.

The wood insole is cheap. Its employment reduces materially the cost ofthe shoe. It is very durable, and affords an excellent means for holdingtogether the outsole and the upper. It is, however, unnecessary heretodetail the advantages resulting from its use, inasmuch as the same willat once be recognized and appreciated by boot and shoe manufacturers.

As above stated, I prefer decidedly to employ an insole made of severallayers of wood.

I do not claim, broadly, a wooden inner sole, whether made of one orseveral layers of wood, for I am aware that what are known as innersoles, designed to be placed loosely inside finished boots and shoes,have been so made; but

I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. Aboot or shoe in which the outsole and upper are combined with a woodeninsole, which takes the place of the ordinary leather insole, and, likethe latter, is united with the outsole and upper during the process ofmanufacture of the boot or shoe, substantially as set forth.

2. In a boot or shoe, a wooden insole composed of two or more layers orveneers, with the grains running in different directions, united, asspecified, with the upper and outsole by a line of fastening common toall, and forming an integral part of the boot or shoe, substantially asshown and set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 9th day ofFebruary, A. I). 1874.

SAML. S. HALL.

Witnesses:

JOHN Frrcn, HENRY ATTWATER.

